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PERIODS
Valence electrons - two
Valency - divalent
Nature - Reactive ,
electropositive metals
GROUP 3 TO 12 - TRANSITION ELEMENTS
Lanthanide series and Actinide series
They are all metals , chemically very reactive , lie at the bottom of the periodic table.
They have stable electronic configuration, are chemically inert or unreactive.
They are all monatomic gases
Valency : zero
Group number signifies the number of valence electrons
Eg: Group 1 elements have one valence electron
Group 2 elements have two valence electrons
PERIODIC PROPERTIES
The properties which appear at regular intervals in the periodic table are called periodic properties.
The phenomenon is called periodicity in properties of elements
REASONS FOR PERIODICITY